Faculty of Education

REGULATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION (ELEMENTARY)

1) a) Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Education (Elementary) will be required to
complete a minimum of one hundred and fifty credit hours in accordance with Clauses 2, 3 and 4
below. Subject to the general regulations governing Admission, Readmission, and
Advancement, appropriate courses completed prior to admission to the Faculty will be included
in the total number of courses completed for the degree.

b) Students will normally follow the course sequence as suggested in the outline of courses
entitled 'Suggested Course Sequence - Elementary Programme.

c) Students may enrol in the Internship only after successful completion of the Professional Year.
The Professional Year consists of thirty specified Education credit hours and the compulsory
concurrent non-credit field experience.

2) A candidate shall be required to complete a minimum of sixty-six credit hours as follows:

a) Twelve credit hours in English including two first year courses and English 2390 and English
3650.

b) Science 1150 and 1151; or Science 1000 (with lab) and 1001 (with lab); or nine credit hours in
Science, three credit hours each to be chosen from Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences or
Physics; or a concentration in Science.

c) Mathematics 1050 and Mathematics 1051 or a concentration in Mathematics.

d) Psychology 1000 and Psychology 1001.

e) Six credit hours chosen in any combination from one or more of the following areas of
Anthropology, Economics, Folklore, Geography, History, Political Science and Sociology.

f) French 1010 and 1011 or equivalent.

g) Further credit hours shall be chosen so that a candidate shall have completed at least eighteen
and not more than twenty-seven credit hours in one of the following areas in accordance with the
regulations listed below: Art**, English, Folklore, French, Geography, Home Economics*,
History, Linguistics, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Religious Studies, or Science.

* Courses in this discipline are not available at Memorial University.

** Visual Arts courses in Art History at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College may be used to satisfy this
requirement in whole or in part.

Art

- Eighteen credit hours in Art

Visual Arts courses in Art History at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College may be used to satisfy this
requirement in whole or in part

- A maximum of six credit hours at the 1000 level
- 2100 or equivalent
- 2101 or equivalent
- 2300 or equivalent
- 3700 or equivalent
- At least five weeks at an approved francophone institution in a French speaking area
- It is recommended that students complete at least one of 3650, 3651, 3652

NOTE: Students may wish to select the French Immersion option listed at the end of Suggested
Course Sequence - Primary Programme.

Geography

- 1000 and 1001 or 1010 and 1011
- 2001, 2102, 2195, 2302

History

- Six credit hours from 1010-1015, 1200
- 2200/2210
- 3110, 3120

Linguistics

- 1100 or 2100 or 1101
- 2103, 2104, 2210
- Six credit hours from 2500, 3000, 3100, 3104, 3150, 3155, 3201, 3212, 3850*
* At least one of these must be a 3000-level course.

Mathematics

- Eighteen credit hours including no more than six credit hours at the 1000 level and at least
three credit hours at the 3000 level

(ii) Two of Education 2050, 2193, 2194, 3050, 3120, 3160, 3220 or 3230, 4205. For students
whose academic concentrations are French, Geography, History, Physical Education, or
Religious Studies, at least one of these courses will be determined by the particular subject in
Clause 2.f) above. Students completing Music under Clause 2.f) must complete both Education
3160 and Education 3180.

b) Further Education courses to complete the required total for the degree must be chosen from
appropriate course offerings of the Faculty of Education.

NOTE: In addition to the above, there is an option within the B.Ed. (Elementary) Degree
programme for those students wishing to prepare themselves to teach in the French Immersion
programmes in the Province. The course sequence for this option is given at the end of the
regulations for the B.Ed. (Primary) Degree programme.